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The most searched-for castles in Thuringia in 2026

Volumes as of October 25, 2026

The 20 castles in Thuringia whose name is typed into Google most often each month, their rank in Germany, and the month people look them up.

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  1. The names of castles in Thuringia are typed into Google 296,710 times a month (239 ranked castles).
  2. The most searched-for is Wartburg (90,500 searches a month), number 5 in Germany.
  3. Thuringia ranks number 8 of 16 states, with 4% of German demand.
  4. The busiest month is May, with 11.4% of the year’s searches; the quietest is January (4.9%).
  5. Germany’s most searched-for castle is Neuschwanstein Castle.

Source: Chateaupedia, “The most searched-for castles in Thuringia in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/most-searched-castles-germany-2026/thuringen, volumes as of October 25, 2026

The 20 most searched-for castles in Thuringia

Searches per month
  1. Wartburg90,500
  2. Leuchtenburg Castle22,200
  3. Schloss Belvedere22,200
  4. Burgk Castle9,900
  5. Hanstein Castle8,100
  6. Friedenstein Castle8,100
  7. Mühlburg6,600
  8. Schloss Wilhelmsthal6,200
  9. Altenstein Palace5,400
  10. Wachsenburg Castle5,400
  11. Castle Gleichen4,400
  12. Burg Creuzburg3,600
  13. Schloss Ehrenstein Ohrdruf3,600
  14. Oppurg Castle3,600
  15. Schloss Molsdorf2,900
  16. Tiefurt House2,900
  17. Schloss Kromsdorf2,900
  18. Osterburg2,400
  19. Schloss Beichlingen2,400
  20. Schloss Brandenstein2,400
RankChâteauDistrictSearches per monthNational rank
1WartburgWartburgkreis90,5005
2Leuchtenburg CastleSaale-Holzland-Kreis22,20051
3Schloss BelvedereWeimar22,20055
4Burgk CastleSaale-Orla-Kreis9,900132
5Hanstein CastleLandkreis Eichsfeld8,100160
6Friedenstein CastleLandkreis Gotha8,100190
7MühlburgLandkreis Gotha6,600216
8Schloss WilhelmsthalWartburgkreis6,200237
9Altenstein PalaceWartburgkreis5,400247
10Wachsenburg CastleIlm-Kreis5,400252
11Castle GleichenLandkreis Gotha4,400305
12Burg CreuzburgWartburgkreis3,600358
13Schloss Ehrenstein OhrdrufLandkreis Gotha3,600371
14Oppurg CastleSaale-Orla-Kreis3,600390
15Schloss MolsdorfErfurt2,900430
16Tiefurt HouseWeimar2,900438
17Schloss KromsdorfLandkreis Weimarer Land2,900461
18OsterburgLandkreis Greiz2,400520
19Schloss BeichlingenLandkreis Sömmerda2,400533
20Schloss BrandensteinSaale-Orla-Kreis2,400538

All castles in ThuringiaAll of Germany, by state and district

When do people look them up?

Each month’s share of the year, weighted by each castle’s volume (45 monthly series).

Share of the year’s searches, month by month
  1. January4.9%
  2. February5%
  3. March8.1%
  4. April9.6%
  5. May11.4%
  6. June7.8%
  7. July10%
  8. August10.8%
  9. September9.5%
  10. October9.4%
  11. November6.8%
  12. December6.9%

Much searched, little written about

Searched for more than a thousand times a month, with a Wikipedia article in five languages or fewer.

RankChâteauTownSearches per monthWikipedia languages
1Leuchtenburg CastleSeitenroda22,2005
2Burgk CastleBurgk9,9005
3MühlburgDrei Gleichen6,6003
4Schloss WilhelmsthalWilhelmsthal6,2004
5Wachsenburg CastleAmt Wachsenburg5,4005

By district

The districts and district-free cities in Thuringia with at least three searched-for castles.

DistrictRanked châteauxSearches per monthShare of demandMost searched-for
Wartburgkreis39113,83038%Wartburg
Weimar629,16010%Schloss Belvedere
Landkreis Gotha2128,41010%Friedenstein Castle
Saale-Holzland-Kreis1325,7409%Leuchtenburg Castle
Saale-Orla-Kreis1520,2907%Burgk Castle
Landkreis Eichsfeld1212,2904%Hanstein Castle
Landkreis Weimarer Land108,4603%Schloss Kromsdorf
Kyffhäuserkreis208,1703%Hausmannsturm
Ilm-Kreis87,6903%Wachsenburg Castle
Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt137,2802%Heidecksburg
Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen205,7402%Wilhelmsburg Castle
Landkreis Sömmerda135,7102%Schloss Beichlingen
Landkreis Nordhausen115,5702%Hohnstein Castle
Landkreis Greiz94,4602%Osterburg
Erfurt33,2401%Schloss Molsdorf
Landkreis Hildburghausen43,2101%Heldburg Fortress
Jena32,3901%Kunitzburg
Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis112,1801%Thiemsburg
Landkreis Altenburger Land41,6101%Schloss Ponitz

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Source: Chateaupedia, “The most searched-for castles in Thuringia in 2026”, https://chateaupedia.com/en/presse/most-searched-castles-germany-2026/thuringen, volumes as of October 25, 2026

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According to a Chateaupedia study of Google searches, the most searched-for castle in Thuringia in 2026 is Wartburg, with 90,500 searches a month.

Method

The volume used is Google Ads data, read from DataForSEO: the average monthly searches for the castle’s name over twelve months, from Germany and in German (“Schloss Neuschwanstein”, “Burg Eltz”). Each name is re-read every ninety days.

The filters are those of the French study. With no Google reviews and three Wikipedia languages or fewer, a volume of 5,000 searches or more almost always measures something else (a town, a holiday park), and the name is set aside. When Google knows the place, the volume is capped at twenty times its reviews. Names made only of generic words (“Altes Schloss”, “Burgruine”) are set aside, and namesakes count once.

The area is that of the castle’s address: its state, its district or its district-free city. An area has its page from three searched-for castles. Media may reuse these figures by crediting Chateaupedia with a link to the page.

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